Pay for What You Get

Song

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From: snazaria@twain.oit.umass.edu (Steven E Nazarian)

Subject: Dave Matthews Band - "Pay For What You Get"

Here's the tab and words to this sweet song off of

"Under The Table And Dreaming" by DMB. Use your fingers

and slap the tops of the strings after each chord for

percussion (Listen to the song to get the timing right!)

"Pay For What You Get" - Dave Matthews Band

-transcribed by Steve Nazarian-

(snazaria@student.umass.edu)

TAB:

(h) - means hammer on

(v) - means vibrato

INTRO:

 e--8(h)10--8----------------------8(h)10--8------------------8(h)10--8---
  --8(h)10--8----------------------8(h)10--8------------------8(h)10--8---

------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------7--7-------5--5--5--------------5--5--5--7--7--------------
  -------------5--5---8---3--3--3--------------3--3--3--5--5--------------
 E--------------------6---------------------------------------------------
 e-----------------8(h)10--8------------------8(h)10--8--------------------
  -----------------8(h)10--8------------------8(h)10--8--------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

  --7-----5--5--5--------------5--5--5--7--7-------------7-----5--5--5--7--
  --5--8--3--3--3--------------3--3--3--5--5-------------5--8--3--3--3--5--
 E-----6----------------------------------------------------6--------------

VERSE: This part is repeated several times before leading in

to the chorus (Again, just listen to the song...)

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------5(v)--------------------5(v)--------------------5(v)---

  ----------------5(v)----5---------------5(v)----5---------------5(v)---
  ---7--7--7--7-----------5--7--8--7--7-----------5--7--8--7--7----------
  ---5--5--5--5--------------7--8--7--5--------------7--8--7--5----------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORUS:

e----------------------------------------------------------------

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  ---5--5--5--5-----------------5--5--5--5------------------------
  ---5--5--5--5---3--3---8--8---5--5--5--5---3--3---8--7--8--7----
  ----------------3--3---8--8----------------3--3---8--7--8--7----

E----------------------------------------------------------------

BACK TO VERSE AND SO ON:

This is essentially the whole song (There are a couple variations

to these parts but nothing you can't figure out easily enough by

ear if you have to...) It would be a waste of time to write the same

parts over and over again (OKAY SO I'M LAZY!!!)

WORDS:

Work ourselves, fingers to the bone

Suck the marrow, drain my soul

Pay your dues, and your debts, Pay your respects

Everybody tells you You pay for what you get

Everybody asks me how's she doing

Has she really lost her mind?

I said, I couldn't tell you I've lost mine

Words, words, words, have you heard

A bird in hand is much better than

Any number free to wander Fly away...

Stay You pay for what you get

Everybody asks me how's she doing

Is she really all she says...

Everybody asks me how's she doing

Since she went away

I said, I couldn't tell you, I'm okay

Surprise, surprise

You pay for what you get

You pay for what you get

Everybody asks me how's she doing

Has she lost her...

Everybody asks me how's she doing

Since she went away

I said, I couldn't tell you, I'm okay, I'm okay

How are you? Pay for what you get

Pay for what you get... oh...

Pay for what you get

Pay for what you get... Oh...